In doing so, he will raise money towards helping his 23-month-old daughter Harper who was born with Cerebral Palsy and cannot walk or talk.

He wants to take her to St Louis, Missouri, for intricate spinal surgery and intense physiotherapy, which could help her to take her first steps.

Dad Steve, who was born in Burton but now works as a manager at a battery specialist company in Norwich, said: "I wanted to do something to raise money and football is my biggest passion, after my daughter.

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Doctors told the parents that if they had gone to hospital just half an hour later, Harper would not have survived.

Now, proud dad Steve wants to boost the money they have already raised with his big cycle on October 2. Since March 2018, they have raised £5,500 through charity buckets and friends and family doing their own charity events.

Derby County also donated a signed David Nugent shirt from the Derby vs Nottingham Forest game last October, which was auctioned for £480.